Midrasch zu Schemot 22:29

4) R. Yossi Haglili says: What is the intent of "it shall be seven days under its mother"? Because it is written (Shemoth 22:19) "seven days shall it be with its mother," I might think that it must be with its mother all seven days; it is, therefore, written "under its mother" (negating [in the Hebrew] the above assumption). If under its mother I might think (that it is acceptable) even if it left the mother's womb after she died; it is, therefore, written "with its mother." How is this to be reconciled? Even if its mother survives for only one moment (after its birth, it is acceptable).

5) "and from the eighth day and on it shall be acceptable": I might think that from the eighth day on it is permitted, but on the eighth day itself it is forbidden. It is, therefore, written in respect to a bechor (a first-born male animal, Shemoth 22:29) "On the eighth day you shall give it to Me." I might think that a bechor is permitted on the eighth day, but that from the eighth day on it is forbidden; it is, therefore, written of the holy things (here) "and from the eighth day and on it shall be acceptable." But why do I not rule that a bechor is permitted (only) in the eighth day, and the holy things from the eighth day and on? Whence do I derive that I apply what is stated in respect to bechor (also) in respect to the holy things, and what is stated in respect to the holy things also in respect to bechor? From "its mother" (here, in respect to the holy things) - "its mother" (there, in respect to bechor), a gezeirah shavah (identity).

... Said the Holy One: You are indebted/obligated/chayavim to the dogs, for in the hour that I killed the firstborn of Egypt . . . the Egyptians were sitting all night and burying their dead, and the dogs barked at them, and at Israel they didn’t bark. . . therefore . . . “to the dog you will